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Today I turn 27 years old (young) and each year I share a list of goals I have set for myself and an update on my previous year’s goals.

Setting goals is something I live by and I feel that no goal is too small or too big. It’s just about whether you’re willing to work hard to reach them.

“Set daily, monthly, and long term goals and dreams. Don’t ever be afraid to dream too big. Nothing is impossible. If you believe in yourself, you can achieve it.” – Nastia Liukin

First, I’d like to share the goals I have accomplished this year:

Get a new computer (Got an Apple MacBook Air)

Create a scholarship fund for students who have lost a parent from prescription drug addiction (Started the Lisa Michelle Memorial Fund on September 20, 2015. It’s a non-profit that provides scholarships to students who have lost a parent to substance abuse. We are awarding our first $1,000 scholarship to a student who attends Washington State University. Visit www.theLMMFund.org for more info)

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The WordPress.com stats helper monkeys prepared a 2015 annual report for this blog.

Here’s an excerpt:

The concert hall at the Sydney Opera House holds 2,700 people. This blog was viewed about 39,000 times in 2015. If it were a concert at Sydney Opera House, it would take about 14 sold-out performances for that many people to see it.

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It’s been a year already. I can’t believe how fast time flies and how much has changed. I’m a married woman now and have my own health insurance! I feel so grown up!

This year I’ve slightly changed the way I will present my goals. I will give my list of current goals and the list of goals I completed during the last year.

So, here are my 26 Birthday Goals (in no particular order):

Pay off car (Only 2.5 years left!)

Ongoing Goal: Get toned

Get a new computer

Ongoing Goal: Travel to a new place

Hike to upper Yosemite falls

Read all Mary Higgins Clark books

Get my CPCU

Ongoing Goal: Move up in my career at work

Finish my book

Pay off my student loans

Ongoing Goal: Save money for future use

Buy a house or condo

Get my Ph.D

Have children

Save up enough money to pay for my youngest sister’s college tuition

Expand my philanthropy for my Alma Mater Woodbury University and other non-profit organizations

Create a scholarship fund for students who have lost a parent from prescription drug addiction

Ongoing Goal: Write more blog posts this year

New Goal: Read 26 books by the end of 2015

New Goal: Get a new phone

New Goal: Go to the gym at least 3 times per week

New Goal: Attend more literary events

New Goal: Go on a small hike at least once per month

New Goal: Hike to Nevada falls in Yosemite National Park

New Goal: Run two 5Ks

New Goal: Read at least 10 books on my NetGalley List

Here are the goals that I accomplished last year:

Get married (Married the love of my life on April 25, 2015)

Travel (Visited many places I’ve already been to and some new)

Try sushi (My husband took me to Kabosu in Toluca Lake)

Run a full marathon (My husband and I ran the Avengers Half Marathon)

Move up in my career (Got a promotion this year!)

Get tan (I got a slight tan when I came back from my honeymoon)

Check out my 25 Birthday Goals from last year. You will see that I changed some of my goals along the way. That’s just how it goes right? You end up wanting different things and your dreams may change. Nothing wrong with that as long you always have something to work towards.

What are some of your goals and how are you working towards accomplishing them?

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On June 10, 2015 I will be participating in a walk to help cure Cystic Fibrosis. My goal is to raise $1,000 and I’m asking for your help.

Help me reach my fundraising goal by donating any amount ($5, $10, $20, $25). Your gift will help add tomorrows to the lives of people with cystic fibrosis by supporting life-saving research and medical progress. Your gift is 100-percent tax deductible.

“Cystic Fibrosis (CF) is a life-threatening genetic disease that primarily affects the lungs and digestive system. An estimated 30,000 children and adults in the United States (70,000 worldwide) have CF.

In people with CF, a defective gene and its protein product cause the body to produce unusually thick, sticky mucus that”

Clogs the lungs and leads to life-threatening lung infections

Obstructs the pancreas and stops natural enzymes from helping the body break down food and absorb vital nutrients.

In the 1950s, few children with CF lived to attend elementary school. Since the, tremendous progress in understanding and treating CF has led to dramatic improvements in the length and quality of life for those with CF. Many people with the disease can now expect to live into their 30s, 40s and beyond.”